Peace Corp volunteer's protegewins prestigious award
Mary Meyers-Bruckenstein puts her arm around her 'daughter' Berhane Daba in a park in Berkeley, CA after the ceremonies for the 2015 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award on June 6, 2015. Photo Credit:...
View ArticleSouth Sudan war: a long list of broken deals
South Sudan president Salva Kiir and his former deputy-turned-rebel-chief Riek Machar are set to meet face-to-face. CREDIT/AFP South Sudan's civil war broke out on December 15, 2013.
View ArticleEthiopian embassies strengthen efforts to mobilize Diaspora - Thursday, 13...
Ethiopian embassies abroad will continue efforts so as to make Ethiopians living abroad be part of the ongoing development, Ambassadors said. Eleven Ethiopian Ambassadors to different countries along...
View ArticleEthiopian Foreign Minister lays Diaspora square foundation stone - Thursday,...
Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, has lkaid Diaspora square and fountain foundation stone in Addis around Megenagna. The foundation stone laid by Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr....
View ArticleEU helps Ethiopia to contain wild polio virus spread - Thursday, 13 August...
The support from the European Commission's European Union has successfully contributed to efforts to contain the spread of the wild polio virus in Ethiopia, the United Nations Children's Fund has...
View ArticleEthiopia, WHO collaborate to fight counterfeit medical products - Thursday,...
Ethiopia and the World Health Organization have collaborated to combat the circulation of sub-standard, spurious, falsely-labeled, falsified and counterfeit medical products. Speaking Wednesday at the...
View ArticleCommemorating PM Melese's Extraordinary Legacy
The late Prime Minister MelesZenawi, who transformed Ethiopia, has been widely praised both in life and in death. Three years ago this month, Ethiopians from far and near paid their last respects to...
View ArticleEthiopia: Diaspora Engagement in Nation Building Second to None
Ethiopia's development endeavours has won global recognition. This is so because the government of Ethiopia has demonstrated unswerving commitment to bringing forces to the path of development.
View ArticleHarlem International Film Festival Announces Opening and Closing Night Films
The Harlem International Film Festival announces its 10 th Anniversary September 9-13 co-sponsored by the Harlem Community Development Corporation and featuring MIST Harlem as its primary 2015...
View ArticleEthiopia jet stowaway gets to Sweden
An Ethiopian man hoping to get asylum in Sweden has been found in the hold of an airliner after a flight from Addis Ababa to Stockholm. He was handed over to Swedish police after a medical check at...
View ArticleEthiopian Airlines planning super-size fleet expansion - Saturday, 15 August...
Addis Ababa, August 15/2015 - Cape Town - Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to order a staggering 44 new aircraft, effectively doubling its 76-plane fleet in the face of rising air traffic as...
View ArticleS. Sudan peace process: Museveni in Ethiopia
President Yoweri Museveni arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa Saturday for a consultative meeting on the IGAD-led peace process on South Sudan. Museveni, who is in Ethiopian on the invitation...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Juba in this January 20, 2014 file...
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir in Juba in this January 20, 2014 file photograph. "We suspend the peace talks until the two rebel factions sort out their differences," top government official Louis...
View ArticleReview: President Obama Spotify playlist has more hits than misses
US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn at the National Palace in Addis Ababa on July 27, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL...
View Article"We will not accept any Draft text different from that of July 24th...
By Samuel Ouga and Agencies South Sudan's former Vice president and leader of SPLM/SPLA group has issued a position regarding the 10th, August 2015 Kampala summit attended by four neighbouring states....
View ArticleOvernight News Digest 08/14/2015
OND Editors OND is a community feature on Daily Kos, consisting of news stories from around the world, sometimes coupled with a daily theme, original research or commentary. Editors of OND impart their...
View ArticleReports South Sudan Government Pulling Out of Peace Talks 'a Lie' - Official
South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei, shown here at a news conference in Addis Ababa in Jan. 2014, says the government will take part in South Sudan peace talks "up to the end." South Sudan...
View ArticleThe secret Jews of Ethiopia
I have always been fascinated by the story of the Beta Israel Jews of Ethiopia. At the time of the epic Operation Solomon, I was living in Russia.
View ArticleNigeria: Fund Standards Bodies, ARSO Urges African Governments
As the global community continues to shrink fastly, economic and business opportunities are equally narrowing while regional and continental organisations have been upbeat concerning trade...
View ArticleSouth Sudan welcomes IGAD revised proposal - Monday, 17 August 2015 06:30
South Sudanese government announced on Sunday readiness to sign a revised version of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development , despite public criticism and protest of the armed opposition...
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